Description
Ecclesiastical parish. Hundred of Kerrier. The parish is subdivided into four "turns": Turn Tregarne, Turn Trelan, Turn Traboe and Turn Bean.
Grid reference: SW 79 21
Chronological Sequence
Sancti Kerani, 1291; Sancti Kyerani, 1341-2; Sancti Kierani, 1362; Seynt Keveran, Seynt Kevern, 1543; Keveron, Kyron, 1583; Seint Keveran, 1585; Keveren, 1613; St Keverne, 1721, 1726; St Keveral, 1766; St Keverne, 1819, 1827, 1884, 1899
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Sancti Kerani : 1291
Sancti Kyerani : 1341-2
Sancti Kierani : 1362
Seynt/Seint Keveran: 1543, 1585
Seynt Kevern: 1543
Keveron: 1583
Kyron: 1583
Keveren: 1613
St Keverne: 1721, 1726, 1819, 1827, 1884, 1899
St Keveral: 1766
References
Ecclesia Sancti Kerani
In the Decanatus de Kerier.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p469, citing from 1291
Sancti Kyerani
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1333, citing from 1341-2
Sancti Kierani
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1489, citing from 1362
Seynt Keveran
RIC, HendCal 5, c.1920s, §278, citing from HB/7/9, 1543 (*)
Seynt Kevern
CRO, AD1822/1, 1543 (*)
Keveron alias Kyron
RIC, HendCal 5, c.1920s, §994, citing from HB/14/160, 1583 (*)
Seint Keveran
RIC, HendCal 5, c.1920s, §995, citing from HB/14/161, 1585 (*)
Keveren
CRO, ARD/TER/40, 1613 (*)
St Keverne
The parish is divided into four turns: Turn Tregarne, Turn Trelan, Turn Traboe and Turn Bean.
CRO, P99/4/1, 1721 (*)
CRO, SP/13, 1726 (*)
St Keveral
CRO, AD1807/5, 1766 (*)
St Keverne
8792 acres, 480 houses and, in 1811, 2242 inhabitants.
Penaluna, 1819, p144
CRO, AD1751/1, 1827 (*)
Symons, 1884
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1626